Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

Location: Ft Townsend, Port Townsend, WA

Come walk with us while we explore the “love of life” humans have with natural environments. Amber and Natasha share ways in which this enhances our lives and can be integrated into everyday living. We find some banana slugs, evidence of other animals around, and breathe in the forest air, and you’re invited to come along!

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“They travel long distances to stroll along the seashore, for reasons they can't put into words.”

― Edward O. Wilson

Episode Resource Links:

https://www.childrenandnature.org/

https://natureconnectionguide.com/shop-base/forest-bathing-how-trees-can-help-you/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6143402/

https://sdbg.org/shinrin-yoku-connecting-people-to-nature-through-the-art-of-forest-bathing/

https://waparks.org/parks/fort-townsend/

https://parks.wa.gov/about/news-center/field-guide-blog/fort-townsend-historical-state-park-history

https://www.nrdc.org/bio/maria-mccain/bringing-outdoors-benefits-biophilia

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/biophilia

Schmitz Preserve Park

Seattle, WA- USA

Is it time for a relationship check-in with nature?

Have you thought about your relationship with the outside world lately? What happens when we shift from inside to outside? What if our connection with nature was more relational than transactional? We explore this and more as we walk a muddy trail in Seattle, WA- USA.

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Episode Resources

Links:

https://natureconnection.guide/

https://earth.org/human-connection-with-nature/

https://greenseattle.org/about-us/land-acknowledgement/

https://theunpluggedclub.com/relationship-with-nature/

https://www.seattle.gov/parks/allparks/schmitz-preserve-park

https://mohai.org/blog/2010/mohai-minute-schmitz-park/

https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/schmitz-preserve-park

Denny Park

Seattle, WA- USA

Join us for a discussion where we explore what labyrinths are, how you can walk them, and how walking them can be an important contemplative practice for our times.

https://labyrinthlocator.org/labyrinth/denny-park/440/

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Episode Resources

https://labyrinthlocator.org/

https://labyrinthsociety.org/

https://veriditas.org/

https://www.contemplativelife.org/practice/the-center-for-contemplative-mind-in-society/all/teaching-learning

https://www.contemplativelife.org/practice/labyrinth/all/body-movement

Seattle, Washington-USA

Discovery Park

We explore the topic of how we do hard things as we launch our discussion from an article of a study about social support and our perception of how steep a hill can be. There are also some surprise raccoons. Come explore if it matters who you’re standing next to or not when we do hard things!

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Episode Resources

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3291107/

Seattle, Washington-USA

Discovery Park

Jumping off of the work of Dr. Vaughan Wilkins and the field of applied Ecopsychology, Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa explore the theme of Enculturated Zoochosis. Metaphors applicable to living in modernity and the challenges we may be having are discussed while observing some of the urban wildlife of Discovery Park in Seattle, WA. Could we be experiencing collective trauma? If so, what are the symptoms and what are the problems? And how might we begin to address these?

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Episode Resources

https://www.vaughanwilkins.com/thesis

https://www.seattle.gov/x63689

https://unitedindians.org/

Welcome to Ponder While We Wander, a container for invitations and inspiration for connection to ourselves, others, and nature. This video gives you an introduction to us, how we got here, some of our hopes, and an introduction to the podcast Ponder While We Wander.

This is a project of love from two friends who happen to be therapists, and we’re looking forward to seeing where it goes.

Thank you for listening,

Natasha Morisawa and Amber Martin

Find more information here: https://ponderwhilewewander.com/

Substack: https://ponderwhilewewander.substack.com/

Special thanks to:

Logan Bell

Ethan Bell

Eve Hellebrand

https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/

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